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It has been years since I was on site. I am recovering from the lose of my mother. In April I had brain surgery. Do to inactivity, I 've gained back most of the weight that I had lost. Yesterday I could walk for six house and today I made 12. I guess I am a total beginner. I can hardly type for I am very uncoordinated now.…

You are correct and it does make a difference. You have not lived until you go bra shopping for a 91 year old lady. That is what I did today. You can have nightmares over this stuff. Weel, we found one that fit and she is happy.

You usually find out hours later or the next day if you over do it. If you are on the thing you need to check your heart rate and your BP. I have some health issues and my hands and my feet start to feel tingly like they are going to sleep. As they said listen to your body and respond to it. I even had a friend that was…

For me the best time is early in the morning. I use to get up at 5:30 am and now it is more like 6-6:30. It just works better for me. At work some of us would walk at lunch. When I was younger I walked at lunchtime even when I went home for lunch. If I could get home before my husband, I walked as soon as I arrived home.…

Many years ago, I was on the Atkins diet. I had to stop it and change because I did the same thing. I started it 3 different times and it happened each time. i just could not do that diet. Do you check your blood pressure? On occasion there is a condition that your pressure fluctuates when you stand up, so you have to rise…

It is an odd thing. You might consider any medication that you take or take occasionally. Look at the sugar content and the hidden content in food and the sodium. If you are not getting the 1200 calories you bod moves to storing so you will not lose. Strange. Maybe you need to add an exercise. I read somewhere that you…

I believe that you have found the right place. Take a few minutes to thoroughly check it out. there are food suggestions and you can view food diaries for ideas. Great ideas. Exercise diaries can be viewed. great ideas of things that will give you new ideas. The calories burned for loading the dish washer, raking leaves,…

Hi! I know you find encouragement here and so many tips. Customise what you want to keep tract of like sodium or sugar. both of those really hurt you in the long run. Cut your goals into bite size attainable goals so you will feel good about reaching them quicker. You will do great. You will learn about yourself and what…

I beleive you're at the right place. I am in the same boat. You will find people that understand and will try to encourage you. The tips are excellent. I have that much to lose also. For me, I do not look at the big picture. I have to break it down into smaller goals. Success instead of small failures help me. You will…

I can relate. I have women assuming that your sex life must be terrible and tell you, " If only you would lose some weight". My mother is always criticizing type of person. Always the opposite of what anyone says except about weight. Harsh. Even when one of my girls was 5' 8 and a size 3, mom would comment on her full…

I believe you find the encouragement that you need on here. I have a lot to lose also and just recently started to exercise after years of inactivity. At first I just wanted to make it a 100 feet and then to walk everyday and then I added distance. The food tracker is a very nice thing. Good luck and the advice on here is…

Sodium is a strange thing. Because our bodies are sorta like the ocean (salt water), we need water to maintain our organs which are made up mostly of water. Now we need sodium to regulate how much fluid is retained or expelled. If you have too much, your organs get high blood pressure and other things. We need it to…

I buy a pound brown it with onions then divide it in half. I make vegetable soup with half and the other half I make spaghetti with. The soup makes about 27 cups. It is homemade so there is a lot less sodium than canned.

I can relate and will share the stuff just what seems to help me. I. No lecture here just a few things that seem to be helping me. Note I have several injuries and not very good health. I started walking at a slow pace with some days for only 5 minutes. I have to drink the water so far I have made 8 glasses maybe 2 times…

You have made a good first start. I am impressed. Schedule the time. Walk with the kids or while family watches them. Rise and walk before they get up or after they go to bed. Maybe you have the luxury of a gym with a daycare. You will do it. You have made an impressive start.

You might be adding muscle and it weighs or could be fluid. You weight changes several times a day. You might weigh less tomorrow.

My final straw came when I got some blood work back that was not so hot. I had some really bad side affects of some medicine I had to quit. I started feeling so much better and the tests were worse. The new medicine is so expensive. I was very upset. I around and saw that I take care of everything for the people in my…

You are doing very well. 9 lbs. is something to feel good about. I too have so much to lose.

My health and injuries prevented me from doing something about this weight. I know how you feel to some degree. I am glad you started. I didn't even weigh my self for the first 2 weeks because I was afraid I would get disappointed and stop. My weakness is the hidden sugar in all the foods I like. If you minimize it, your…

Do you know that it is not fluid retention. I ask because in some cases it might be a health issue- not to scare you.

As for me I look at was has been hard to achieve such as walking for 1 month. I decided that I would rather achieve something even if was small. I cut it to one week. I made it an felt really good about it. My thinking was that if I felt good I would continue. I have a lot to lose so I need to feel good about myself on the…

I am very new to this. I am so lost. I really do not know how to communicate on this thing. How often do you weigh in? Do you try to exercise everyday? My goal is to exercise 4 days a month. I am so excited that I have been able to exercise for a couple of days in a row. I feel like that is a major thing right now. I have…